name: Ryan Pore
position: F
height: 5-11 weight:165
Birthdate: September 23, 1983
Hometown: Mansfield, OH
Regular Season Statsfull bio l year-by-year stats l video highlights
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2009Kansas City00000000000
Career58171,789323716323110

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MLS Experience

2007 SEASON: Appeared in 17 MLS matches (4 starts). Was named KCW Reserve Team Player of the Year after scoring 7 goals and recording 3 assists in 10 games.

2006 SEASON: Scored his first goal of the season in his second straight start on a Davy Arnaud assist in 2-1 loss at RSL (5/20)...Made his third straight start and was replaced by Yura Movsisyan in the 72nd minute in 3-1 loss vs. DC (5/27)...Missed 2nd straight game with a hamstring injury in 1-0 loss at CHI (7/4)...Scored the first goal and played the first 75 minutes in 3rd Rd. Open Cup match vs. Des Moines Menace (7/12)…Netted his second goal of the season in 4-0 win vs. CLB (8/12)...Played the full 90 in 2-0 loss to CHI (8/12) in 4th Rd. of the U.S. Open Cup…Finished the 2006 season with two goals and seven shots on goal, logging 563 minutes in 19 games played.

2005: Enjoyed successful rookie season after being selected by the Wizards with the 16th overall pick in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft...Made eight appearances including four stars, and scored a goal and added an assist...Made his MLS debut, starting and playing the first 68 minutes @ NE (6/4). Had two shots in his professional debut...Earned his second career start and played the first 53 minutes @ COL (7/4) and registered his first career MLS assist, setting up Chris Klein's goal in the 8th minute...Scored his first goal as a professional @ MET (9/3), just 50 seconds into the match, tying Digital Takawira for the second fastest goal scored in Wizards franchise history...Led the Wizards reserves with six goals and 1 assist in eight appearances. His six goals were tied for 6th overall in the Reserve Division.

College

Tulsa's only two-time All-America selection, Pore started 59 of 63 games and boasts career numbers of 51 goals and 21 assists (123 points)...Scored a goal or earned an assist in 31 of 63 career games... As a junior, he was named Soccer America's Player of the Year and was one of three finalist for Hermann Trophy... NSCAA All-America First Team...Voted the MVC's Player of the Year for the second straight season and was a repeat selection to the All-MVC First Team...Led the nation in scoring and goals, and also ranked among the top assist leaders in the country with 55 points on 22 goals and 11 assists (2.40 points per game)... Established school single-season records for points and goals...Recorded at least one goal in 14 games...Scored four of TU's six goals in four NCAA Tournament games and led Tulsa to the national quarterfinals.... Started all 21 games sophomore year...NSCAA All-America Third-Team in 2004...Tied the school record for points in a single season with 49 on 20 goals and nine assists...Concluded the season ranked second in the nation in both scoring and goals...Named MVC's Most Valuable Player and All-MVC First Team...Became the youngest player to earn MVP honors in the 12-year history of the league.... Started 17 of 19 games as a freshman, led the team in both goals and scoring with nine goals and one assist...All-MVC Second Team...Named the team's Offensive Player of the Year.

High School/Club

Four-year letterwinner at Madison High School...One of the nation's premier players as a senior and featured in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd" section of December 24-31, 2001...As a senior he tallied 136 points (62g, 12a)...Rewrote the high school record books for the state of Ohio for single season goals (62) and career goals (154)...Named All-Ohio District Player of the Year and Ohio Heartland Conference Player of the Year both his junior and senior seasons...Member of Ohio ODP team and helped the squad win regional championships in '99 and '01.

Spent six years as a member of the Cleveland United club team ... Cleveland United was five-time State Champions and participated in the Under-14 Nike Int'l Premier Cup National Champions in France in 1998.

Personal

Ryan is the son of Ron and Rhonda and has two sisters, Renee and Regan…plans to marry fiancée Ashley in December 2007…Played high school basketball for four years and was All-Ohio in his senior year.